RE: standard of evidence
October 4, 2013 at 12:25 pm
(This post was last modified: October 4, 2013 at 12:30 pm by Doubting Thomas.)
(October 4, 2013 at 10:31 am)Rational AKD Wrote: that's not moving the goal posts. that's you creating a straw man that involves God bending to your every whim, and me denying that.
Then it sucks for you that your god won't perform on command in order to prove his own existence. I guess he wants us to remain atheists then. Like we said, this would constitute evidence that he exists, but you say that it's not gonna happen. Not our problem.
Quote:the fact is, God doesn't give us everything we want. i'm not moving goal posts, that's how it is and it's supported by the bible.
Like I said, not my problem. All this does is point out the futility of prayer and certainly doesn't prove your god exists.
What was that empirical evidence you mentioned?
(October 4, 2013 at 9:48 am)Faith No More Wrote: Why is it that every conversation started by a theist about what constitutes evidence devolves into atheists demanding evidence for god?
I believe the topic of this thread as started was "What could constitute enough evidence to prove that God exists?"
(October 4, 2013 at 10:35 am)Rational AKD Wrote:(October 4, 2013 at 10:18 am)Doubting Thomas Wrote: Speaking of evidence, what exactly is this empirical evidence for God's existence that AKD made reference to?
Like I said, if you have actual evidence it could change the world.
I doubt someone of your rational would be convinced. but I will post arguments on a new thread. right now, I have this argument I just posted.
http://atheistforums.org/thread-21217.html
Again with the "You just don't want to believe!" claim made by so many theists.
And an argument is not empirical evidence. Empirical means derived or provable by actual experiment or experience. Claiming something is impossible is not evidence for a god existing. Claiming that God doesn't have to answer prayers if he doesn't want to is not empirical.
Christian apologetics is the art of rolling a dog turd in sugar and selling it as a donut.